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VentureSouq
Venture capital · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Middle East and Africa
VentureSouq is a MENA-based venture capital fund manager with a global portfolio. It manages thematic funds and runs initiatives such as the Conscious Investor Fellowship and the Angel Rising investor symposium.
Invests inFintech
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Or find every investor that fitsVentureSouq lists 88 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 4 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (41%), AI & Machine Learning (11%) and E-commerce & Marketplaces (8%). It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Nuwa Capital and Conjunction Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name VentureSouq, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not VentureSouq's whole history. Rounds on record name 4 companies; its own site lists 88. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 2 | 0 |
| '26 | 2 | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 94th | 89 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 74th | 41% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 98th | 13 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 41% | 12% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 11% | 18% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 8% | 6% |
| Enterprise Software | 7% | 8% |
| Space & Defense | 7% | 3% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 5% | 15% |
| Legal & Compliance | 5% | 2% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 3% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 25 |
| Nuwa Capital | 6 |
| Conjunction Capital | 5 |
| Soma Capital | 5 |
| Capitoria | 4 |
| Global Ventures | 4 |
| Peak XV Partners | 4 |
| Picus Capital | 4 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers8192%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company78%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare VentureSouq head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with VentureSouq| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 5 May 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 1 Jan 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 8 Sept 2025 | Seed | |
| 14 Mar 2025 | Seed |
Round details for VentureSouq
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in VentureSouq's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
88 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abhi offers Earned Wage Access, payroll financing and SME funding. | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Acho provides customized ERP software for businesses to scale their operations and automate processes. | Enterprise SoftwareSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| AdvantageClub provides a platform for employee recognition, rewards, and other employee-related services. | Human ResourcesEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Akedo is a free gaming platform with 71 web games | Enterprise SoftwareGaming | Portfolio page | ||
| Albo provides personal and business financial services, including accounts, debit and credit cards, and credit options. | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Alinea Invest offers automated investing services, including portfolios and investment advice | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Altro helps people build credit through reporting rent and other subscriptions | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Amplemarket provides an all-in-one sales platform for teams and AI agents | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Andela connects global technologists with opportunities in the AI era and helps companies build and deploy AI systems. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Anja Health offers storage of baby's stem cells through a partnered laboratory. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Apero Health provides software for medical practices to manage operations, including scheduling, billing, and patient care. | Healthcare & BiotechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Aspire provides financial services and products for growing businesses, including business accounts, payments, and expense management. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a platform for fintechs and financial institutions to offer investing and savings products. | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Auki builds shared spatial infrastructure that lets people, robots, and AI coordinate in the real world | AI & Machine LearningRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| AURA provides insurers and reinsurers with cutting-edge SaaS platforms to streamline underwriting and distribution. | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Avalon Finance lends, borrows and provides earning opportunities with Bitcoin on the blockchain. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Avo helps companies manage and govern their data across teams and platforms | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Avrio accelerates claim payments, boosts liquidity, and empowers clinics to focus on care, not collections. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Belvo provides a platform to connect to users' accounts, understand financial data, and move money through open finance. | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Bikayi Inc. is the holding company for products bik.ai and Manifest AI, which focus on automating customer-facing processes for eCommerce and retail brands. | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- venturesouq.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 14 Mar 2025
- Companies checked
- 88
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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